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ACTIVITY # 3.1:
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: To know and understand the Occupational Health and Safety Policy
REFERENCE: CHS Module Page 171-174
CONCEPT NOTE:
Safety Precautions
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Policy – An
Information and Communication technology (ICT) student should Occupational safety and health (OSH) is a planned
know how to behave when working in the computer laboratory, and system of working to prevent illness and injury where you work by
to accomplish task safely. Safety practices should be learned early recognizing and identifying hazards and risks. Health and safety
and always adheres in working with any electrical and electronic procedure is the responsibility of all persons in the computer and
device, including personal computers and its peripherals. This is technology industries. You must identify the hazards where you are
for your protection as well as to the people working with you, and working and decide how dangerous they are. Eliminate the hazard
for the devices that you are using. or modify the risk that it presents.

Occupational Health and Safety standards

Each student has a responsibility to their colleagues and their organization to report and act upon any potential workplace
hazard. Students need to be aware of the type of hazards that are possibly present in their work environment.

There are three steps used to manage health and safety at work:
1. Spot the Hazard (Risk Identification)
A hazard is anything that could hurt you or someone else.
Examples of workplace hazards include:
frayed electrical cords (could result in electrical shock)
boxes stacked precariously (they could fall on someone)
noisy machinery (could result in damage to your hearing)
Types of Hazards
 Physical Hazards
 Mechanical Hazards
 Chemical Hazards
 Electric Shock Hazards
Hazardous substances
If the workplace hazard appears to be dangerous to staff and
clients and professional assistance is required:
A. Call the supervisor or manager and advise them of the problem
and the urgency of the matter.
B. Depending on the risk, an evacuation may be called.
C. Follow the evacuation procedure.
D. The supervisor or manager will call in the fire brigade or
specialized personnel who will deal with the spill.
2. Assess the Risk (Risk Assessment)
Assessing the risk means working out how likely it is that a hazard
will harm someone and how serious the harm could be. Whenever
you spot a hazard, assess the risk by asking yourself two
questions:
How likely is it that the hazard could harm me or someone else?
How badly could I or someone else be harmed?
3. Make the Changes (Risk Control)
It is your employer's responsibility to fix hazards. Sometimes you
may be able to fix simple hazards yourself, as long as you don't
put yourself or others at risk. For example, you can pick up things
from the floor and put them away to eliminate a trip hazard.
Fire Exits
All fire exits should be kept clear from any obstacles. All students
have a responsibility to make sure that chairs, empty boxes or any
other type of obstacle are not placed in or near fire exit doorways.
All corridors also need to have equipment stored on one side only
to ensure that in the event of an emergency there is a clear exit.

Fire Safety Procedure

Each work area has a designated fire warden, who in the event of Details could be size of the fire, cause or type of fire, any
a fire will take charge. They are recognized by the use of the red people hurt or trapped, has anyone tried to put it out.
hard hat they wear.  If it is safe to do so, put out the fire with the correct
If you find the fire: extinguisher or fire hose.
 Assess the danger prior to doing anything. If the designated fire officer is not present, someone quickly
 If it is safe, assist anyone to move away from the vicinity of needs to take responsibility and:
the fire. 1. Locate the source of the fire.
 If it is possible, close the door to the fire area. 2. Locate any people.
3. Remove all people from the building.
 Call for assistance. Verbally call FIRE, FIRE, in a loud and
4. Once outside, do a head count.
clear voice.
5. Notify the authorities.
 Break the glass section of the fire alert call point.
 Call to the switch; ensure you know where the fire is, any
other details that may be of assistance to the fire brigade.

Personal Safety While Working with PCs

Computer equipment can be dangerous, and you or others can be injured or even killed if you don’t follow proper safety
guidelines when working along with PCs. The following are some precautionary measures to take before working with any computer
equipment:
 Wear shoes with non-conductive rubber soles to help reduce the chance of being shocked or seriously injured in an electrical
accident.
 Do not work on components that are plugged into their power source.
 Do not remove expansion cards from a computer when it is turned on.
 Remove jewelries when working inside any computer-related equipment.
 Be sure not to pour water on electronic components.

EXERCISES:
1. Give 3 examples of the 4 types of hazards. (12 points)
2. What does OSH means? What is it for? (3 points)
3. Look inside the computer lab. Using the 3Rs, explain what you’ll do to make the computer laboratory a safe place. (9 points)